Current economic conditions are forcing a number of farmers to re-appraise their programmes of machinery replacement. Historically plant has been a significant component of Total Farm Capital on many New Zealand farms, ...

With large sums of capital invested in fattening and breeding facilities, coupled with the uncertainty of pigmeat prices, the survey has confirmed that the modern pig farmer must maintain high levels of efficiency.
The ...

There has been a large volume of research concentrated within the Dairy Industry relating individual cow performance under differing planes of nutrition, grazing intensities and management systems with various measures of ...

Traditionally, the New Zealand Economy relies on the production of livestock and livestock products for export. Production is based on the grazing of pastures and specialised feed crops in situ.
In recent years, there ...

Annual production on Canterbury light land sheep farms fluctuates markedly. A major reason for this is the extreme climatic variability both between years and between seasons. This has a major, effect on feed supply, and ...

The effect of a number of variables on the profitable allocation of capital within irrigation farming systems has been investigated. The study has been confined to the geographical area in Canterbury, New Zealand where ...

From the earliest European settlement in New Zealand the wealth of the country has depended heavily upon agriculture. With a lack of useful mineral resources, small population, isolation from markets, moist temperate climate ...

Farm amalgamation in the context of this thesis concerns the role of management in the growth of a farm, this source of post-amalgamation economic gains and the factors responsible for the occurrence of natural amalgamation. ...

During the period 1964-1966 a study was made of wool sales through marketing channels not involving auction methods. Sales of slipe wool were not investigated. In general, this thesis will be concerned with characteristics ...

Syndication and co-operation in some areas of agriculture are now quite common. At the farm level, for example, significant advantages may accrue from group ownership of machinery, labour and livestock.
Hagen (1971) ...